Dr. Carter's Broken Heart

Medical Center.

Dr. Shepherd hurried over for a consultation. After speaking with Adam, he said, "There's another patient over there whose posterior skull and spine were completely severed. Adam, I'll leave this surgery to you."

"Okay."

Adam nodded, astonished. "The posterior skull and spine were really completely severed from the inside?"

"Yes."

Dr. Shepherd smiled at Adam. "This is a medical miracle. I need to do everything possible to make sure that miracle continues!"

"If you need help, come find me."

Adam could not help saying, "I'll finish this surgery as quickly as I can."

He was extremely interested in such an exceptionally rare operation.

"Fine."

Dr. Shepherd smiled knowingly and turned to leave.

"The posterior skull and spine were completely severed... Can someone really survive that?"

Carter touched his neck, his eyes full of disbelief.

The patient's brain and body were practically connected only by skin and muscle.

"Ninety percent die on the spot, and the other ten percent die on the way."

Shorty Melendez spoke up, his eyes burning. "There has never been a case of anyone making it to the hospital. This really is a medical miracle!"

"So we need to hurry. Maybe we can still catch this surgery."

Adam reminded them.

Operating Room 3.

The scrub room.

"Dr. Melendez, have you ever been in an operating room?"

Carter skillfully opened the scrub brush pack, turned on the faucet with his knee, and wet his hands. Starting with his fingernails, he scrubbed each finger ten times—the fronts, sides, backs, and between the fingers—then scrubbed his palms ten times, followed by the backs of his hands and his forearms, front, side, and back, all the way to his elbows, before rinsing with water.

While the other medical interns could not even get near an operating room, Carter had